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The company also announced updates to its entire MacBook line giving its laptops more powerful specifications in the form of the latest Intel chips. Privacy concerns begone too - though the information will be shared across your devices, it's yours and yours only. Read More »

In terms of graphics , macOS High Sierra gets Metal 2 , which is optimized for external graphics and offers up to 10 times better performance for draw calls. Most notably, Apple is now using its own Apple File System , a move that should do a lot to speed things up in the file system . Perhaps the biggest deal is that you can pop a photo out from the Photos app into a more robust editor like Photoshop and then sync the changes right back to your Photos library. Read More »

All the MacBook Pros and the MacBook are getting new Kaby Lake processors. The company is releasing a new version of its operating system for Macs. A 4 terabyte SSD will fill up mighty fast if you're really doing the HD video editing and game development Apple expects you to. Siri also got an update - the virtual assistant can translate English into five different languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish, with more coming in the future. Read More »

The new model will begin shipping on Monday. HomePod is a seven-inch-tall speaker that has Apple's digital assistant built in. Amazon sells the main version of the Echo for $180; Google's Home speaker goes for $130. Like the Amazon Echo and Google Home , the HomePod will play music while also helping people to manage their lives and homes . Even then, Apple says it won't know who you are - it'll just get an anonymous ID to help process a response. Read More »

Using the Settings app, users can select what is displayed in the Control Center and are able to choose from options including Low Power Mode, Notes, Text Size, Wallet, Screen Recording, Apple TV Remote controls and more. This means in-depth features and interviews with app developers, App Store editor picks, and tips and tricks for your favourite games. Apple also took the lid off a new, high-end version of the iMac - a 27-inch, darker gray iMac Pro, with up to 18 cores Intel Xeon ... Read More »

There's updates to Apple Maps, the Control Center, Siri , Apple Pay , Music , and more. Apple's mobile operating system for iPhone and iPad is called iOS , and iOS 11 is the next major update to iOS . The Watch will also have two-way, real time data exchange with gym equipment. For the first time since its introduction in 2007, the App Store has now been optimized with a card-based design and tabs that transform the layout into more of a basic newsfeed than anything ... Read More »

As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull put it, there are "very, very grave questions" to be answered over why this risky man was able to carry out this attack, which police are treating as an act of terrorism , in the name of Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Read More »

Indeed, at both WWDC and in its press release , Apple is pitching the HomePod as primarily a way to play music , and not as a home assistant. Against other smart home assistants, the HomePod's targets are different from ostensible competitors like the Amazon Echo . Read More »

Fusion Drive is now standard on all 27-inch configurations and the top-end 21.5-inch iMac . It features an all-new thermal design that can cool the desktop more efficiently without compromising thickness. It will start, as per tradition, with a keynote by Apple's chief executive officer Tim Cook.There are a number of things that are expected to be announced at WWDC 2017 . Read More »

But Tim Cook & Co. revealed plenty about the software that will be at the new iPhone's core when it arrives, likely in the fall. Like the Amazon Echo and Google Home , the HomePod will play music while also helping people to manage their lives and homes. Read More »

Just as "Alexa" and "Ok, Google" spurs the Amazon Echo and Google Home speakers into life, Apple's HomePod is awoken with "Hey, Siri". The Apple HomePod is a smart speaker that features integration with Apple Music and Siri. Apple is touting the fact that the HomePod is packed with drivers, delivering superior audio to the Amazon Echo and competitors like Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) Google Home. Read More »

WWDC 2017 holds even more significance as the year marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone , and developers are expecting more than just tweaks to the iOS powering the device. "It's the biggest brains ever in a speaker", said Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller. The latest version of Apple's Safari browser will be able to stop automatically playing videos as well as online trackers used for advertisers. Read More »

When iOS 11 arrives, the iPad Pro models will support some new multi-tasking features. AR experience on the iPhone and iPadApple is introducing a new platform for developers to help them bring high-quality AR experiences to iPhone and iPad using the built-in camera, powerful processors and motion sensors in iOS devices. Read More »

Apple kicked off its annual three-day developer conference by unveiling a long-awaited update to the iMac Pro , a major deal with a rival and its first attempt at taking on Venmo. The last time that the iMac was updated nearly two years ago, and the Mac Mini hasn't received a refresh in nearly three years. Speaking of the non-pro laptop, Apple says, "With thin and light designs, powerful performance, fantastic displays and all-day battery life, Mac notebooks deliver the world's best ... Read More »

It's a mostly under-the-hood change, but users will notice a difference. Apple is taking on money-sharing apps like Venmo and Square Cash, as you'll be able to use Apple Pay to send friends money via chat. It will use machine learning to turn your Live Photos into shareable looping images and select individual clips from the photo. Apple devices will support multi-room audio, so you can rock out to music on speakers spread out around your house. Read More »

Here's an early look at what's next. While Apple used to name macOS after animals (remember Mountain Lion?), they now refer to mountain systems. On the graphics side, Apple also announced Metal 2 , the second version of its graphics-rendering framework. Read More »

The device is covered in black or white mesh and looks like the top of a microphone. Apple also used its annual developer meeting in San Jose, California - its largest ever with some 5,000 people attending - to offer hints about so-called augmented reality technology. Read More »

More specifically, the drag and drop feature is made possible by an expanded dock that can hold more applications than the previous version under iOS 10. Users will be able to send and receive money through the messages app, or by using Siri and telling the assistant who to pay. Cook also launched iOS 11 with over 10 new features. Read More »

That leaves Apple . Although it was the first smartphone maker to come out with a digital assistant when Siri debuted in 2011, it hasn't had a stand-alone assistant. Users also have the option of sending an auto reply to contacts listed in Favorites to let them know they are driving and can not respond until they arrive at their destination. Read More »

You can send money from the debit or credit card stored in Apple Wallet, and it will be deposited into the recipient's Apple Pay Cash account, which is a new digital debit card. iOS 11, Apple's upcoming operating system for iPhones, will bring with it peer-to-peer payments ie. letting users send money to each other using only a text message. Read More »

At the ongoing WWDC 2017 , Apple introduced the next version of its macOS called High Sierra. The email app also receives split view for the compose window and Spotlight integration for search. In the grand scheme of things, macOS High Sierra is a rather small update for the day to day Mac user. Safari also includes a new autoplay blocking feature, which will stop websites from automatically playing video or audio content, along with better protection against website trackers. Read More »

The new release prominently favors the iPad, and for that device, it adds a number of features aimed at improving multitasking and general usability for what we might call "real work". The biggest (literally) news was the introduction of the brand spankin' new 10.5-inch (26.6 cm) iPad Pro , alongside the updated 12.9-inch (32.7 cm) iPad Pro . Read More »

Apple has also updated the 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz processor. The new iMacs come with Intel Kaby Lake processors and also include memory boost. As for pricing and availability, the new updated iMac models will be made available for order in the United States starting Monday via company's official online store, apple.com, and will be made available for purchase in the United States starting Wednesday via Apple Stores. Read More »

It unveiled the Apple Watch in September 2014. Buried beneath all the music-related announcements was what we'd expected all along: home and life management via Siri. On the software side, upgrades made to Apple's iOS mobile operating system seem to be the real showstoppers, with the release of iOS 11 (pictured above). Read More »

This time around, it has developed a smart hub speaker that will not only raise the stakes in the voice assistant category, but seems to perform in the upper tier category for an audio product. The research firm eMarketer says than 35 million people in the USA are expected to use a voice-activated speaker at least once a month this year , more than double its estimate from last year . Read More »